2nd suspect arrested in St. James for stealing 166 pounds of crawfish

St. James Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a second man in the theft of 166 pounds of crawfish from a seafood restaurant in Lutcher earlier this month. The Advocate reports deputies arrested 26-year-old Charles Justin Beasley of Gramercy, and booked him Tuesday with criminal damage to property and theft of crawfish.

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The crawfish were stolen April 13 when someone cut a padlock on an outside walk-in cooler that had been locked at Miko's Seafood in Lutcher.

Deputies say the crawfish were valued at about $500.

Twenty-four-year-old Jared Anthony Chauvin of Lutcher was arrested April 13 in the theft. He has since been released on bail.

Deputies say Beasley remains in St. James Parish Jail on $26,000 bail.